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ArticlePloS one2015

Reversibility and Viscoelastic Properties of Micropillar Supported and Oriented Magnesium Bundled F-Actin.

Timo Maier, Tamás Haraszti

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Timo MaierMax Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Department of New Materials and Biosystems, Heisenberg str. 3, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany; University of Heidelberg, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Tamás HarasztiMax Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Department of New Materials and Biosystems, Heisenberg str. 3, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany; University of Heidelberg, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

Funding

European Research Council 294852
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Filamentous actin is one of the most important cytoskeletal elements. Not only is it responsible for the elastic properties of many cell types, but it also plays a vital role in cellular adhesion and motility. Understanding the bundling kinetics of actin filaments is important in the formation of various cytoskeletal structures, such as filopodia and stress fibers. Utilizing a unique pillar-structured microfluidic device, we investigated the time dependence of bundling kinetics of pillar supported free-standing actin filaments. Microparticles attached to the filaments allowed the measurement of thermal motion, and we found that bundling takes place at lower concentrations than previously found in 3-dimensional actin gels, i.e. actin filaments formed bundles in the presence of 5-12 mM of magnesium chloride in a time-dependent manner. The filaments also displayed long term stability for up to hours after removing the magnesium ions from the buffer, which suggests that there is an extensive hysteresis between cation induced crosslinking and decrosslinking.

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Actin CytoskeletonActinsAnimalsCarrier ProteinsCell MovementGelsKineticsMagnesium ChloridePseudopodiaRabbitsActinsCarrier ProteinsGelsMagnesium Chloride

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PMID26322783
PMCPMC4556452

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